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Chapter 23 The Veteran of Hellispon (2)

As a result, when he heard this position, Martcha was immediately excited. He held Karabis's hand and believed that the status of this "legion envoy" was equivalent to the imperial envoy of the emperor and was the highest authority of the team. He said to Karabis without any obscureness, in Greek: "I have plundered the entire kingdom. Every family with an industry handed over one-twentieth of its property, with the limit of fifty drachmas, don't worry about your military capital and remuneration. It is urgent that you have to go to the Scythian Gorge to resist the cavalry of the Bison Tuksil."

"You must tell our Deputy General about this matter." Karabis made a helpless gesture politely.

"Your vice general!?" Then, Marca followed Karabis' finger and saw Claudi jumping step by step towards the steps of the palace opposite, with her slanted eyebrows almost drooping to her mouth.

On the toilet toilet in the palace of Maltza, the so-called toilet is a row of seats with holes with defecation, with waterways strung below. Claudi's two long legs were shaking comfortably, and the thunder and rain were pouring down. Maltza and a group of generals held back their temper, stood in front of him, and repeated the questions about Karabis just now without getting tired of it.

"I was surprised by the shallowness of tactics - um, um - since you know how much money you have to plunder, why didn't you build a wall in the isthmus of Scythy? Well, um - or two, how could this make the cavalry of Bendu break in!" Claudi was fighting for the reincarnation of the grains and reincarnation while scolding Marcha's fault. Then another storm was storm, and a palace eunuch handed him a sponge. He raised his butt and began to crunch.

"Yes. My father's cavalry advanced very quickly. It is said that they used good horses as their mounts and used bad horses to pull the baggage vehicles. When they rushed through the gorge, there were only my tax collectors in various villages, and no soldiers." Marcha swallowed his anger and said to Claudi.

Claudi glanced at Karabis who was standing aside and threw the sponge rod into the sand pit in front. "Legislative Envoy, what do you think now?"

Everyone's eyes moved to Karabis, and the envoy of the Legion was not panicked. He walked to a general, took off his gilded baton, and then went to the sand pit where the sponge rod was thrown away, and pulled it up, "This is the city of Ponticabion, this is its acropolis, and there is a bay between the two cities. The exit was blocked with iron ropes, and there was a simple bridge connecting--in my opinion. The acropolis is more important than Ponticabion itself, I

We do not need to be afraid of the Bendu cavalry coming from the mouth of Scythia. They will only rob and rob, without equipment, and cannot pose a threat to your city. On the contrary, it is not the case that can guard the acropolis over the Simmerian Strait over there, because the main army of Bendu carries a lot of money and baggage. They will not go around the entire Miotes Sea (i.e., the Azov Sea) like the cavalry, and then attack us-their shortcut is to cross the Simmerian Strait."

After saying that, Karabis exchanged the gilded baton for Na Jiangzu, who hurriedly waved his hand to express his rejection, and signaled that he would give it to you.

"Legislative Envoy, you mean, we just need to hold on to the Acropolis?"

"Yes, many of our four brigades are still new recruits. The best way to fight defensive battles in the Guard City is to fight against them." Karabis said with certainty, "As long as you fight and cross the strait and approach the Bendu army under the Acropolis, they will have no way out and will be captured by us."

Speaking of this, Karabis raised his baton again and drew two hard in the sand pit. "I advocate that not only should we defend the city, but also in front of the Acropolis, that is, the narrow land between the Simmerian Strait, is also the most likely place for the main army of the capital to land. Dig two blockade trenches and walls - just like Crassu used to deal with the sword slaves back then."

Just as Claudi was about to applaud, Marca had a gloomy face and expressed his disagreement: "There are only a few devastating quarries on this land, and the rest are forests and rocks. The essence of the financial support is the vast land in the Pontikabion, full of towns, farms and workshops, and harbors, but now it is all exposed to the plunder of the Tukschiller cavalry. I hope that my most respected allies will compromise - a brigade guarding the acropolis in the east, and three brigades cooperate with my army to drive Tukschiller back to the Scythian Gorge!"

After walking down the palace steps, Karabis followed Claudi, who was touching the wrist guard and followed and suggested: "Your Excellency, you should stick to my plan in front of Marca. If we follow Marca's method, we will be hit by Mitradati's plan." But he was shocked and remembered that Claudi had secretly passed through Bendu before, and his heart was full of drumming: before rolling dice, Apis, Milu, and Tagus were actually staying in Philiplon, and he didn't come until the end of the winter camp. Now the people in charge here are only him and Claudi, who are really "good teammates".

But Claudi's answer below was quite reasonable: "Okay, the Legion's envoy, Karabis, don't complain. Our four brigades, almost two thousand infantry, two hundred cavalry, three thousand army slaves, two hundred mules and horses, thirty cows, and eighteen groups of crossbows. You have to calculate the daily food and fodder consumption. The legion's vault is still in Philiplon, but the money has been intercepted by generals from all sides. We can only rely on the Kingdom of Marcha. Shouldn't the guests do something that makes the host happy at the banquet?"

These words made Karabis look so angry that he could only stand on the steps and shouted: "Who will guard the city and who will sweep the Bendu cavalry in your opinion?" Claudi raised his finger easily and said: "I will hand over the command of the front line to you. I will now communicate with the temple priestesses in the entire city to do."

"Damn it!" Karabis looked at Claudi's back to the small temple, and knew what he was going to do. Now that he threw a mess to him, he couldn't help but scold, "I'll bury people sooner or later, and the one I hope to bury alive is you."

Two days later, the "eagle flag" of the Thirteenth Legion - actually a gilded bull flag, symbolizing Jupiter's incarnation, appeared at the gate of Ponticabien. Karabis had a calm face and led three brigades of troops, following a group of Bosphorus soldiers wearing various armors, heading towards the Scythian Gorge.
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